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Oct 19, 2011
In the official press release Cree has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. Thus it has a revenue of $269.0 million for Q1 of fiscal 2012, that represents a 0.2% increase compared to revenue of $268.4 million reported for the first fiscal quarter last year and a 11% increase compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.

Oct 18, 2011
Bridgelux, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting, announced today the growth of its extensive solid-state light source portfolio to meet the demands of the $1 billion 20-40 W lamp replacement market, introducing the Bridgelux Micro SM4. The addition of Bridgelux's award-winning array technology into a component of a compact LED surface mountable make it ideal for use in discrete lighting.

Oct 18, 2011
Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has introduced its WL-LED-12-M rechargeable trouble light, the latest in the company's durable and versatile LED lighting. The LED's high light output and magnetic mounting system enable it to be a portable industrial grade task light.

Oct 18, 2011
Samsung LED has announced in the official press release that it has received ENERGY STAR(R) initial qualification on their 35W equivalent MR16 LED lamp, officially making it the industry's brightest ENERGY STAR qualified MR16 LED lamp in the market to date.

Oct 18, 2011
Chris Hunter from Salina Journal reports that the Salina city commissioners on Monday agreed to continue to study a proposal by Johnson Controls and Philips Lighting to spend $910,478 to replace Salina downtown’s 347 decorative lights with LED lights.

Oct 18, 2011
New Orlean's nola.com reports on the exciting event that is panned for October 20 2011. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome will be officially lit with new LED lighting system, illuminating the outside of the 36-year iconic stadium in a spectrum of animated colors and images.

Oct 18, 2011
From LED lighting donations and subsidies, to educational workshops and community outreach projects, REACH is empowering San Francisco Bay Area residents to conserve energy and focus on sustainability.

Oct 18, 2011
TC Palm reports that Bright Ideas LED, local business that provides various LED product lines for the commercial, residential, marine, auto, landscaping, aquarium and grow lighting, will be celebrating a move to a new location by throwing a party.

Oct 17, 2011
Last week KLA-Tencor Corporation™, the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, announced that Taiwan-based Epistar, a leading manufacturer of LED chips, has adopted KLA-Tencor's Candela® substrate and epitaxy (epi) wafer inspection system. This system is characterized by advanced wafer defect detection technology that expedites root cause analysis. It speeds up process development and improves yield.

Oct 17, 2011
As a participant of the energy-saving industries, Everlight showcased a variety of its LED lighting fixtures at TAITRONICS Exhibition in Taipei World Trade Center. This year Everlight presented LED lighting fixtures for different lighting applications including outdoor area, commercial place, office, storage and home.

Oct 17, 2011
Elemental LED, a San Francisco Bay Area-based LED lighting company, has introduced a new Color-Changing RGB LED Puck Light. The new puck, designed and engineered by Elemental LED, includes 3 tri-color RGB chips by High Brightness Edison.

Oct 17, 2011
AIXTRON SE has recently announced that Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute (NEDI), an existing customer and a leading manufacturer of electronic components in China, has placed an order for one AIX 2600G3 IC system in a 12x4-inch wafer configuration and one VP2400HW with 6x4-inch wafer capacity. NEDI will use the systems to investigate power devices and LEDs.

Oct 14, 2011
Pennsylvania's Ursinus College recently announced its replacement of parking lot and walkway lighting, made possible by a grant of $120,645 by the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA).

Oct 14, 2011
Bavaria welcomed Optogan as "a shining example for future-oriented innovations" recently, when the LED chip developer and manufacturer built its and Europe's second largest chip production site. Located in the Bavarian Landshut, the LED production site is in an ideal area for expanding international business because of the "proximity to Munich Airport," continued Minister of Economic Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Martin Zeil, in his opening speech.

Oct 14, 2011
Llanelli, UK based Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) was asked by Lancashire based Lite Ltd who are a Philips partner for the midlands and the north providing solid state lighting solutions, to bring to life their lighting design for a unique new illuminated cube array feature at the city’s Eagle Market.

Oct 14, 2011
Luminator Aerospace was selected to supply LED passenger information and emergency lighting and signage. Yesterday Luminator (An LTG Company) congratulated Boeing on delivery of the first 747-8 aircraft with the new LED lighting and signs.

Oct 14, 2011
In the recent press release Lemnis Lighting, a leader in sustainable LED lighting technology, has announced that is was selected as a California Clean Technology 2011 "Game Changer" for "Innovation in LED Technology" by Grow-California. The award came in recognition of the company's leadership, innovation and impact on California's clean tech industry and economy. Lemnis Lighting has pioneered the dimmable LED light with its Pharox LED bulbs. It will receive its "Game Changer" award at the conclusion of the Clean Tech Innovation Conference at the Kaiser Center in downtown Oakland on November 2nd and 3rd.

Oct 14, 2011
Sara Ver-Bruggen from +Plastic Electronics reports that OLED100, the EU-funded collaborative R&D project aiming to improve OLED lighting technology for general lighting applications,has been completed and results will be released in November 2011.

The 10th China (Shanghai) International LED Exhibition 2011
The 10th China (Shanghai) International LED Exhibition Will be held at Shanghai Everbright Convention& Exhibition Center from Dec. 20th and Dec. 22nd of 2011, where buyers at home and abroad will attnd and well-known companies of the industry will present.

Forum LED Europe
For the third consecutive year ForumLED Europe, international congress and exhibition focusing on LED innovations will bring together the key player of the LED sector and the leading companies in the industry.

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